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SPECIFICATION forming part armste Patent Nq. 395,781, dated January e, ieee." ,l I Application tiledvJime 8,1887. Serial No. 240,(i29. (No model.) y

Be itknown that l, llEltMAN llolILERITH, of New York, in thecounf of NewYork and Sta-fe of New York, have invented ,coi-fain y 5V new and useful lniprorrnwnts inflnAi-f and renewed Scpfem hor rl, IESE Serial No.. 284,038; and it consists in tho several improved forms of' morhanisimthr additionol a novel sorting device, :tml the introduction and employment Iof a new system of separation andv classification, whereby hofh the method and apparatus are simplified, enlarged, and improved, all as hereinafter more fullydearrihed and pointed onf.

3o In the accomlmnying drawitngs, illustra-fing he improved apparatus and novel combinations 0f parts for carrying my invention into a complete rompiling outfit or apparatus embodying. n press or. circuit eontrolling mechanism, mechanical counters, sorting:- hoxes', and switch-boards, the circuit-wires heilig omitted, as they are varied in positionl according' to thosysfem adopted. Fig. 2 is a trans:-

.4o vverse scetional.\'ie\\' t.hrongh the press or circuit controlling' apparatus, and Fig. .'-i a detail illustrating` one .of the contact-pins and mercury-rups. Fig. 4'is a 'view in perspective, and Fig. ii a sidil rleratiitm, of the device L for actuating thc indicator or lid of? the sort-v 'ing-boxes. `1f`i r-i. t to 1:3; inrhisirc, are dingrummatic views illustrating -aerei-al of' the cireuit arrangements and combinations whichmay be employed in carrying ouf' the inven- 5o tion'. lig'. lrepreseufsaf'orm of record-card 'prepat'ed with special reference to the system -"l` Lof registration in use in the health office for .'pmcur-E, Figure 1 is a view in peispertive of '-or things is successively registered on the t the city oitBaltimoreMaryland. Fig. il

, illusttrates'a modified plan for'npplyiin.r or ar ranging the index-points on the rai-d. Figs. 15,16, and I7 are detail views illustrating modificafioas. of the circuit-'controlling' de vices.

Simiiar'lettersot reference in thc severa .figures indicate the-same parts. 6o

Briefly stated, tho method and apparatus asd'escrihed and shown in in v prior applications comprise, first., n strip or wel of paper or other pmtoritilcarryingcrenit-nrttmting inde'.\-pt ints,tlnlatfer representing: hy their 65 relativo location n-ml arrt'utl-lffmrnts thel vari-A ons stat-isfieal tenm 'pertaining to the. indi- 'vidual or thing, the. records of animalier of' individuals heini: located or nrranged'sttccesn aircly npon the same strip or web; second, a. `7o templet or'"index for` properly' locating the severalindex-points to form the recordof earh individual; 'finit-(ha revolving; drum and ,series of' cironitrlnjwikiup; and closing points,

tlitrorord-strip heine,r passed .between said pointsl and drum in a manner focalise the index-points tn autant@ the circuit-controlling- 'deviresz fourt'lnn series .0f electric cil-cuite connectet'l to and controlled by' the-circuit;-

breaking and rlosinglpoints, mnh'tifth, a. se- 8o ries off mechanical registering devices notated hy electro-magnets included in circuits' contmlled hy the cit-ruit. making and breaking points.' l i 'lhet'arions itemsorchnracteristics of each 85 imlividi'mi or thing haring' heen 4regietercdupon-the' sfripfir wel hy index-points arranged according;v to the predetermined planl marked on the templet, the strip is passed be-' tween the cireuithreaking and closing points 99 l,

and the drunbso t-haf. as each" index-point is. bronght'opposite or made-fo register with its corresponding: circuit `breaking Vand closing' point it will encrgize` an electro-magnet; to actuatc-n counter-ora relay coutrollitigthe eir- I 5 cuit. ot 'a counter. |53'. this means each ,item or cmnhinat-ion of two or more itt-ems occur-v ring in tlw'ret-oidoff the several individua-ls v counting-machities. VIo'o 1 stated in my said prior applications that,

' separate cards or tablets lmighty@ employed in lieu, of the continuous web or strip' and a reciprocating plate oiypress nplacdof the drum and contact-points for closing the cir cuits, and my [n'esent invention involves this modication of my prior system and .the changes in the form a'nd construction ot' the 5 apparatus necessary to carry the same into operation, together with other improvements resulting from practical use oithe. snid sysytem und apparatus. y y. ln the first place Ilravc substituted l'or the to continuous web or strip of my priorapplication la separate strip, card, or tablet, A,upon

or within which the index-points nre formcd,' as by punching holes l in said card, and inmwww sieadlofensine' u--separate 'templet"oi'i'lie "foi" 15 'locating the several index-points lpreferto stamp or impress upon the. cards, as by printing,.t.he places or relative positions in which Y 'the index-point for each item is to be located. The card is,for convenience only, divided by zo lines into spaees,cach space being numbered, letterethor otherwise designated by marks or .printed matter to indicate the place where a hole is to be punched in recording the several items'- pertaining to the individual. In this 25 way each card when properly-punched becomes a. permanent record ot' the individual (Whs'e name and number 'in the, hooks or. other matters can, if desired, be written on the face or back of the card) and can be filed 3o away as such, or the several records .so formed can be classified and distributed, as hereinafter described. Moreover, the record-card thus formed can be prepared ,hat any time or place and by unskilled.` operatives, as each' '35 record is complete in itself and` bearsvno specially relation to any other record except in so far as the relative locations and positions of the corresponding marks are coiicerned, it being necessary that the correspom'ling index\ 4'o points of all the cards should occupy the same relative positions to all the others, which conf dition is insured by printing all thecards ben V longing 'to the series from the same or duplir ,i cate plates. 'l`he/.lctection and correction of 45 errors can also be more readily accomplished with separate cards than with a continuous strip, especially when the latter is not provided with marks or numbers for indicatingl the index-points relating to cach individual, `x'5o and the manipulation of the records is greatly facilitated, there being less liability of making a false record bythe failure of the index points t register with the proper circuit-con-V trolling pins or devices.

For the sole purpose ot giving a. practical illustration of the working otl'my improved system I have shown in Fig. 13 a tac-simile of one of a series of cards especiallyadapted and used in effecting the compilations necessary 6o lto the production of mortalityand other tables for the city of Baltimore in the year 1886, said' cards having been prepared with reference to the several itemsv contained in the reports filed inthe health office and embracing time 65 (month) ofdeath,. sex, civil condition, race, age',occupation,-birthplace,resitleiiee,(war;)

corded in one. of the spaces 3, marked i to l2, to indicate the twelve months of thc year; the y sex in one of the spaces 4 marked M F, des- 7c lgnnting male` and female; civil condition in space 5, marked h', (single,) M, (married) W, (widowerh) and I), (divoreetk) race '.in space ii, marked (\vhite,) (j, (colored;) and I, (in-v cluding Indians and other races, ihdesiredz) aigre in one or moreoi tlm'spaces 7, and fly the til-st, 7, numbered il' to il, indieatii'ig the tens ol' age; the second, 48, marked .d to i), the units oll age, and the third, l), marked l to 1:?,

lthe. numnlrerhot months. .used 'principallyftort recording"ihosdlessthan one year of age.. Occupations are recorded in spaces l() or 11,." arranged opposite the flist fot' occupations, the preferred'tor mostI usual being cachassigned one ot. the spaces ll, all others in the list beine; recorded iu two ot thetispaces l0, thelatter arranged in `parallel lilies and marked with'capital and small letters of the alphabet., sothat. it' it is desired to include occupations not on the list the record can be 9o made hy punching a hole in counter-tesmce.-... tain designated letters. 'lhe birth-place is `recorded in two series ol' spaces, laud 13, the former designated, respectively, .native and foreign, land the latter the several States of the United States and principal foreign countries, so that. if the indivitjlunl was horn in this country the. record would be made by locating; one indes-point in the space marked United States, and another in the space assigned to thepartieular State, and in the same way'if bornf'in -a foreign country an index- IOC .poinep'ouldyflreplaced.v in ,tlrespageana rkede-.

Forcigm and another in the pact-assigned to the particular country. f

'lheward in ihecityot' which ine individual wasn resident. is recorded in one oi' the spaces 14, marked l lo '20, there hein: this number of wards in the city ot' liallinu'n-e.

lhe causes of death, being' very uumer- .ric ons, are recorded acci-)rding lo a pre-arranged code in one or more ol the spaces l5. a list cf/ the principal causes-being printed on the card, each assigned to a single space, while other causes, together with the cias-ses Aam'vsupclasscs, are recorded in onelor more oi the other spaces'properly marked.

. A blank space, 1i' s left on lof i, i the face of the card,'"wherein thc number of theccrtiticate or other matter may he written. .As this card land the computation bascd upon thel data given are suiiicicnt to ailorda clear elucidation oi' in v improved system, l shall restrict the furtherdescription of my invention to anl explaination of its use in connection with the compilation of statistical items, such as indi cated by said card, wishing' it. to lie distinctly understood, however, that my invention is not limited in its use or application to suelra systeni, butmay be applied in etleeting compi 131 latiohs of any desired series or system of itemsl representing characteristics of .persgus sub jects, or objects;

and'epuse of death.y The time of death is re- The inde.\j-points, so callcd,'by livlxiel` th various items are recorded` pon` the cards, must be such as will, when brought into proper sit-ion relative to a series offcircuit-controlling devices'or mechanism connected thereto, serve to actuate the latter, .and thus effect or produce t electrical changes or variations in the cii'ciiits to work the relays or counters, end for various reasonsl prefer (but do not limit myself, as other lequivalent means may io be adopted) to make the cards of 4 paper or similar poor conducting substance, in which the index-points are formed -by punching or otherwise removing a portion of the card atthe points or spaces assigned to tli'e several Thecard strip or tablet| provided with the index-points arranged according tothe prev determined order or system I shall hereinafter 'designate the record-card, andby the zo term index-points 4IV mean any device, contrivance, or structure employed for recording the separate items and capable of acting directly or indirectly ii'poii the various circuitvcontrolling devices.

z It isobvious that a record-card of the kind described can be employed to advantage in a system such as described in myprior application and in connection with apparatus such as shown; but l prcfera machine loper- 3o ating similarly to theone herein shown, where4 in tlierecord-card is supported between plates i orplatens, one or both being made inovalileand carrying circuibactuating devices, so that.

as the plate or plates are reciprocated the cir- 3 5 cuit-actuation,nr devicesappropriated to and registeringwith the several spaces on the card will be operated through the instrumentality of the index-points presenten the card to close or otherwise vary the conditions of the sev- 4o eral circuits.

Referring to Athe example illustrated' in the `drawings,Figs. 1,2, and 3,1% designates a slationary bedplate of non-conducting matcrial--such as hard .rubber-provided with a series oi* holes or receptacles, b, corresponding in number and location Iwith the spaces marked on -tliejv-rccord-card. Awire or the stem of. a binding-post., b', projects within each reeeptacle'hrand the latter is partially filled 5o with mercury.

ample given, being stationary, affords a convenient support for'the stops or gages b", of

which two (one might do) are preferably lo-v cated at the rear edge and one at one end,

l 5 5 preferably atthe left side,said gages serving to position the card when placed upon 'the plate B, so that the spaces shall stand opposite the corresponding receptacles in the plate.

Above' the plate B isl arranged a movable v6o platen, C, carrying a series of yielding pins, f',

corresponding in ,number/and arrangement with the spaces on 'the card and the holes in the lower plate, l, The platen C being reciprocated toward the plate B, such of the pins c as register with perforatrris in the card will y pass tlironzrli and into thel mercury,vi'hile the otherI pins, striking tile unperforate'd portion of the card, will be roracted; and in order that the movements of the, platen C may be properly made, l have mounted it'npon parallel links bf b, pivotally secured at their opposite 'fzht, l. The lower pair of theseliuks, o, should, in order'to effect as extremities to an up little lateral movement of tlieplaten as possible when approaching the card, be so arranged s the plate B when the platen, C is at the lower end of its stroke, and the upper pair of links,

or traine, the rear end'or ends of said bar serving to carry counter-weights b, while a handle, bf, or other convenient torni of oper"- cating t-he platen (i. In .addition to or as a substitute for t-lie coimter-weiglits In, a spring, b, ,may be attached for'reciprocating the platen. 'lhe t-wo plates c' r2, forming the platen C, are perforated for the reception of with a collar or shoulder, di, and aspring, r, interposed between said slioiildernnd'theuppoiiits projecting"'beyond the face ofI the platen. According to tho arrangement,- shown, theseycral pins c are designed to be placed in electrical connection with a ground or to the saine pole oi a battery, and this can conducting material, and then connecting the frame to the batter7 or irroundras is well understood.

nrt, didier and equivalentfornis of contacts or. circuit-vsryiml,or devices can readily be substi tuted for those herein shown without departing from the spirit of my invention; and althoughl l prefer, for various good und sutilcient.` reasons, the` arrangementshown, havfcarrying in v invention into practical use,

ing myself to said arrangement of circuit- 'pins co-operating .with the cards' lshould themselves be part. of the'circuit or operate operate through intermediate ineclianisxii to actuate c'ii'euiocontrolling devices iiidepend- .ent of and removed from the plato B-for be confined to the platen C, for if the-plate B, he reciprocat-ed the saine actions would be produced.

ments in the forni o'f record-card andthe apparatus used in connection therewith for effecting the desired electrical changes in the circuits-as compared with the `correspondingy b*,'may constitute a part ot a U-shaped bar 1 8o` varying devices; nor is it. essentialfthat t-he directly to vary the curi-ent, for,- as is obvious, the saine arrangement of pins can be nis-de to y.

example, as shown in Fig, 15; nor is it inr any way essential that the movementshonld parts of the system shown in myprior spplii to stand parallehor nearly so, with t-he face of ating deviccis applied tot-he bar for reciprot' V the pins c, and the latter-are each furnished f i per plate to hold the pins'down wit-h their.

svenicnt-ly be doneby making the plates of tbc platen and thc frame ot the machine ol. conv Aswill be obvious to those skilled in the ing vton'nd the saine to be well adapted for` no l do not wth to lie understood as iestrictli zo ltlavingnow described the several improvecation, I will proceed to explain the improvements appertaining,r to the method and system` y Whore the statistical 'items nre compara-y tively t'cwand the individual records are prepared with special reference thereto and accordingto a definite and pmarranged plan,

asyst-em of computation based upon thccon-f tiiiuousic.cord principhl muy lbe used to ad. vantage; but where the imliridual records eur .brace a greatv variety of characteristic and comi'iilations arc to bc made vfrom time to time covering,r ditcrcnt periods and embracing a wide range ot' statistical matter, as in thepreparation ot' hcalthnnd mort ality tables,v

the continuous record-.st rip is not wcll adapted forthtl purposc,ns it does not nti'ord the means forconveuicntlyclussil'yingnnd rcclnssit` \in `the individual records.

In order to adapt. my prior system and method to the particular class ot' work indicated, to enlarge thc capacity as well as to improve' thc biking` of the system, and to adapt it tor use in etlccting in a uore convenient. and practical manucr the compilations ot' items of any desired description and covl crine; any given period embraced. in the record, I hart-substituted thc separate records for the continuous record-strip and have introduced a system of division and classifica-- tion of said cards in connection with or as or separated into twoor more genera-l classes,

supplemental to the system of compilations.

and registration shown in my prior" applications. Accordingr to this parti of my invention, the separate recordcards, having been prepared, as hcrcinbctore described, are divided according' to thcprincipal itemsenteringinto the proposed coinput-ations. Thus, as applied to the systemillustrated,-the whole numberot' cards each card represent-ing a complet-e record of au individual mxthing) or the recordcards for any designated period may be divided or separated into groups, according to" mont-hs,` sex, civil condition, race, age, &c. Each group will thus contain all the records pertaining to oreinbracing a particularstatistical item, and by countingA thecards the numerical value ot'v'i'lrat` item can be rcguiilj as; certaiucdA Having thus separated the record-cards intov and, if desired, subdivided each group on the same plan.) any mlditional series of statistical items can be compiled either by the further division or subdivision of thc record-cards or by passingall the cards or certain groups only through the electrical apparatus. As an example, suppose one hun-l dred rccord-cards to be used. These are divided .'iccordingr to sex, and it is found there are sixty-males and forty females. It. now becomes desirable to ascertain their civil condition, and to do thisthe cards are runthrough the apparatus, one atI a time, first; the males and then thefeinales. By observing the registering apparatus or' ,counting` the cards if separated into sub-classes it is found tluitof the tirst. group of cards (malesltwenty indicate married, twenty sing-lc," ten fdirorced," and te'i4"widowed,? group, (t'eniales,; twenty murricd tcn sin-` gte, tive diver-ced, and tive widowed."

Thus ot' the one hundred persons there wereY married twenty males plns'twcnty, females,

ol' thel second 7o I equals fort-y; single, twenty males plus t-cn i females, equals thirty; ldiv'orced, ten males plus tive females, equa-ls fifteen; widowed, ten males plus tive females, equals fifteen. In

.this way any,desired number 'or character of statistical items can be compiled the s amcas 8o by the prior system. As will be readily understood, the number and diversity of statistical tems that can be compiled in this way is almostv unlimited, as

cach itiein or combination .of two" or more items occuring.y in the various individual records can be made thc basis of a new statistical compilation.

;As will be readily understooih it is of the utmost importa-nce in effecting the division 9o and subdivision of the record -cards into grou ps that the operation should be conducted with the greatest. care to avoid misplacing a single card, for it onecard is misplaced it: may,

unless discovered,rendcr incorrect all the computatious based upon such division. In order to facilitate the division of the cards into groups and to, insure accuracy in roo y.

or series of index-points representing one 0T .y the designated divisions there is provided a y circuiti, elcctiomiagnet., and iiniicator, the lattzer arraiiged to point out or 'designate the group to which cach carifl'belongs, and the cards are then passed successively through an apparatus suehas hereinbet'ore described for controlling the circuits by theindex-points ot the cards, each card will, accordingly as 'it l'ielongs to one or anotherof the divisions, actuate the indicator, and thusdetermine the place or location in which the cards of' that i l l grou p a'rc to bc placed.

A convenient form. and arrangement ot' distribu ti n {.,rdeviccs suitableforcarryingsaid system'into practice is illustrated in the figures.-

Thc apparatus'which I term Athe sortingbox is composed of two or more boxes or series of limes, R, arranged, for convenience,

sido by side in the torm of a cabnetf, the upper end of each box being opcn,\\hil`e one side is mademovabl'e to permit access to 'hey had to.

. the interior. Each bok is furnished with au latter rises to designate the box into which indicating device, R', controlled by an electhat card is to be deposited. When one'card. tro-magnet, R2, the arrangement being such has been thus disposed of, the indicator is re- 7o thatwheneverthe clectro-magnetis energized turned and the process is lrepeated as to the 5` the indicator will be displayed. It is obvi- 4next and cach succeeding-card.- Should any' ous that any suitable elec-tric indicator-"might of the cards not 'belong to'either ot the des ,ffie'employed for this purpose; but, as Iprefer ignated divisions, the fact would be at once o use in connection with the visible .indi-l shown byits failure to actuatc any one ofthe cator a inechanicalrcut-o er device controlindicators and it would be laid aside. As beio ling the'entrance or passage leading to the fore suggested, it is not necessary to this opbX,I have constructed the indicator in the eration that the indicators should constitute yform of a lid or cover,1',pivotallylnountedin the lids or any part of the boxes proper; but l supports r ucar one side of the openend of I prefer to construetthe indicator in theform 8o the box, so that when the lid -r is elevated to ofa lid, as shown, for t-hereason that by `so f indicatethe location it will at the same time doing all liability of the card being placed in uncover the' receptacle in which the card is 'the wrong box is avoided, as onlyv one recepto be deposited. The lid r is secured to a` rod, iacle is uncovered at any time, and that onel r2, carrying at one end an ar1n,r,whoseouter is not alone rendered accessible, but its loca- 85 extremity cooperates with'a catch, r, to hold tion is designated. When deemed advisable, zo the lid down,while aspring, r, is arranged to mechanical counters may be included'in the press constantly in a direction to cause the circuits containing electro-magnetic, forinelevation of 'the lid. The catch' -r of the lid dicating the number of cards deposited in the forms or is connected to the armature of an boxes, This system of dividing or separating 9o electro-magnet, R. the cards into groups,while not limited in its vc5 u The operation of the devicesas th'us arapgiffcation, is more especially designed fory ranged is as follows: The lid r, having been use in connection with and as a part of asysclosed down upon the mouth of the box, is tem for simultaneously registering statistical held in that postionand against the pressure items, as set 'forth in my prior applications, 95 .i of the spring' by the catchr engaging the and for an illustration of such use refeience 3o end of army. lf nowthe electro-magnet is may be made to Fig. Lwherein the several energized, as when a cardv bearing' indem mechanical and electrical appliances 'are oints corresponding to the division assigned' shown-arranged for operation. A' 'y to this box is placed inthe circuit-controlling i The circuit-controlling apparatus 12,01', as roo apparatus, it will withdraw the catch from en 'I shall designate it hereinafter, the press, is 'gagement with arm 1"-,therehy releasing the supported upon a table, P,to the edge of lid and permitting the latterv to be elevated which and in lfront of the press is attached a: 1

' l by the spring. Asuitablc stop, fr, is provided receptacle, P, for cards that have been tested ,for limiting thc. upward movement of thelid, in the' press and found not to belong to any 105,

- so that when released it will be held in a ver- 'oli theV divisions of .the sorting-box R, which 1 4o tical position. The lid', being thus elevated, lattfr, for convenience, is located to the right servesl not only to indicate the location of the 'oit and within easy reach'of' theoperator'sitproper receptacle, .but at the same time to un-l tin in front of the press. The circuit-wires cover it.' After the card has been deposited. lea ing from the cupsin the bed-plate ot the o `'the-lid is closed preparatory to the Inext oppress are separately'V connected to bindingeration. The electromiagnets and catch are posts on the switch-board P3. .The series of mounted upontheside of the cabinet near the 'counters Parejin like manner connected to up er edge and protected from injury by a binding-posts P, and the electro-magnets of strip or covering, r, as in Fig. l, wherein two the sorting-boxes are' each connected to one oij 1.15 series oi. ten boxes each are shown combined the binding-posts on a board, P7. A5cto form' n single cabinet,'the lend boxes', fr', Itis 'understood-ot course, that a battery. l not being` included as part of the series. or series of batteries and circuit-connections In using this: ydevice a box is assigned 'to competent to eiect thedesired notion of the enchof -the divisions or subdivisions into several electrical appliancesmustbe provided, :zo j which the cards are to be separated, and the and 'it is. equally apparent, that with the inelctrrimagnet controlling the indicatoclid is ormation derived from the description here; connected ina circuit corresponding to and inbetor'c given any oneskilled in the artA actuated by the index point or points charac-y wouldbe enabled without invention to anpteristc of that particular division. Each card ply the necessary connections and com lote x25 i ,when placed in positionfand acted upon by the'circuits, and it isfor this reasonlave -6o the pins in the 4movable platen of the circuitup te the present omitted all mention of specontrollingnpparatus (if the mechanismhere-- ciiic circuitconnections, as the latter, though inbeforc described be employed) operates to necessary, are subordinater and immaterial close a'circuit in which is included the elecelements, which can be changed and modiiied r30 'troxrlnugnet R2 appropriated to .the articular at 'willwitho'ut departingfrom the invention. division to which the cardbelongs vThe elec Itis not practicable within the proper hmtrocnagnet, being thus energized, attracts its its of this -speciiicationto illustrate the greatY armature and..4 releases the indicator-,which variety of circuit connections or systems be employed.

fshown in my prior application.

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which may be adopted lor carrying my invention into practice, nor 'do I deem it necessary to do inoi'e ythan illustrate a few of the preferred foriiis typical of improvements which I have made in this part of .the system.

For counting; or distributingthe cards according to single items or index-points, a se' ries of direct circuits may be 'used to connect the circuitcontrolling devices and electro magnets of the counting and "distributing mechanisms, and. the lat-ter may be connected cit-her separately or' in series.

For counting or distributing according to combinations ot'- two or more items or indexpoints,'arrangements ot' circuils similar to those described in my prior application mayr i prefer, however, when count ing.; or distributing by two or more indexpoints to employ relays in somo of the circuits controlled by the iudex-points, said relays operating to control other circuits, which latter are also controlled 'either by relays similarly arranged or by circuits including'tlic circuitcontrolling devices upon which. the indexpointsoperate, as by so doing I avoid the n-ecessity for delicate adjustments of resistances incident to some of the circuit arrangements yFor the pu'rpose oi illust-rating this portion of my invention I have shown in I `i,fs;` fi, T, S, and il a sectionA of the circuit-controlling device (using t-lie press form by way ot' example only) enibracing sixpointers or pins and meren ry-'contaets corresponding to the six selected itepis representing sex, (male and, female.) race', (white and colored,) and nat ivity, (native and foreign.)l A seventh pin (marked G) is also All thepiiis beingl grounded through this pin G, and tht` latter beiiigrl located as described,

shown, which pin is located in the press at the end of the platen opposite the gage or stop. 'lliis piii,G is independent of the other series ot' pins, and is included in circuit with all of them, servingr to connect each circuit with its battery or the grountLen/d of the line, so that until said pin Gcngagcs the opposite contact in the bed-plateno current will flow through any of the circuits controlled by the otherpins.

it follows that until the card has been proporly locatedthe" electrical devices cannot be the specific items. `This pin G vmay also be utilized to prevent sparking at the other contacts by simply increasing lthe interval be.'

tween its point and 'the opposite contact,'as by shortening 'the pin or; reducing ,the level I l of the mei-cuni in the cup below that in other cups, so that', the card-being properlyloeatcd,

the severaleircnits will be fully closed through- 7o the -piiis before the pin G closes them-ouml.

By this nicanstho oxidation or burning ot"v the electrodes which takes place wlier'i'thecir-x' cuit is broken and closed is confined' to the* pin G and its opposite contactY t 'v 75 In Figs. t5, 7,8, and t) ll have illust rated foury i Referring to Fig. (i, the letters m m?, &cL, l9oV i designate the electro-magnets of Ordinarvrelays, thc lcoils of ,which are ineluded in. cir, cuits, as indicated by dotted lilies, with the six cups on one side and wit-li the ln'itgtcryaiul l cup of the pin G on the other. l\I.M`2, M, M, M", and M' represent a series of n'iagnets, s oine ol' all of which belong' to the counting,y mechanism or sorting-boxes, or to bot-h. The coils of each of those magnets are' connected in circuit with 'abattery or batteries on the roo one side and on the other with a contact'I oiitrolled by one or more of the series of. relayiiiagnets,the circuits being indicated by full i lines. lpon tracing the circuits indicated by dotted lines and full lines, and which i shall, for convenience; terni the primary f 4and secondary circuits, respectii ely, it will be observed that the. primary circuit, .iii-I t cludingr. relay-m1', is controlled by the' -pointcior pin marked"y f white, m'a by colored,,r1o'

by unile, and m m m by .'female..l The secondary circuit, iii which arc included the actuat-ing-iiiagiiels oftlio 'counting or dist tribuling devices, are arranged fis-follows: H5 l l white females, is in circuit with contacts of l nl, (female) m", (foreigin) and m', (white.) x25 M, representint,r colored males, is in circuiti with contacts ot m'(niiile) and m2, (colored,)sl I and M, representing,r colored females, is in eirorcd.) It will be observedIV that each second l,13o

ary circuit includes the contacts of at least two relays, and that the currentfroni the battery t; cannot. flowy through any oneof tlieeoils Mii the.. .until the circuit has been-closed through said relayaand as the closing of the relaycontacts is governed by the series of pins cooperating with the'index-points on the cards it follows that the secondary circuits can' only vbe closed to `operate-the counting or distrib` uting devicesby t-he concurrent action" of the two or vmore index-points representing the given item. This system is based uponthe use of two independent series of `circuits-primary and sccondary-one governed by the indexpo ints for controlling the relays and the. other governed hy the relay-contacts to control the operation of the'distrilniting or counting devices, each of said s eries of eircuitshe-- ing provided with a separate'generator or generators of electricity, so that a battery of low electro-motive force may he employed for the primary circnitssvhieh merely operate the relays, while a stronger battery may he employed in the secondary circuit, where the most work is to he done.

" is illustrated in Fig. 7, wherein,

two relays and an increased number teries.

- and on the other to ea `only one is cuits ol' the operating magnet-s' each of the latter represen "om ingredient, are connected to or the other relay A modieation of the system lnstdescrihed males andfeniales) 'to' the contact-points of relay n2, (foreigm) and M2 (native white nir-ies eontactfpoints of reLV y nl, (native.) h The contactfpoints of bot-h relays n n? are connected to the eu p opposite illustrate the operation ot this systcnrlet us assume that the indexgointson the record-card represent-the three items Nativc, Whit-e, and Ma-le. This card having heen placed in position and the platen of the press reciprocated, the pins marked Native White, Malef. and- G only will be projected in to the mercury-cupe, thereby closing the circuits at those. points. The current from battery 11 will tlow through pins G and Native andthe' relay n." energizing thelatter contaetpoint. rlhe current from battery -'o W hitc and th e magnet- M', thereby operating the counter or distributing device representing the item Native white male. Should the instead` of using three relays each for' males and females,

used. Relays nfm (males) and ma m10 (females) are. dispensed with. The cir- VM M3 M, tingy a statistical jmale forms a branch ci reui.. of which the contact-points of relay? mi? (male) form part, while t-he magnets M2 M* Mft, representing items inelndjng'the index-'point female, are.l connected in a hranch of which .the contactpointe of relay m (female) forni a part. In this ease the relays m', 'm2, m, and -m are irl-circuit with one terminal of the series of magnets M, &c., and thc relays mi' mo withI the other terminal..

' ln' Fig. 8 is illustrated a system h v which the same results may he etici-'ted with but of hatitem 'of which the index-point ln this example cup of' pin Nati ve is con-l :nected .to the vrel:ry-magnet r', and the cup of pin t Foreign to relay-magnet i12, the opposite terminals ot' hot-h r lay-magnets being connected. through battery n with the cup of pin G, so that when the circu it is closed through vpin G and points Nat\'e" or Foreign, one

n n'z will he cnelrgzgized. As ms represented hy the operating magnets Ill', &c., eiteh contains as one ele-l ment'the index-point for representing male or female, a separat-e hntte'ry is employed for eneh. .'lhe hatten-y o is connected on the one side to the cup opposite ptit marked Mn-le, eh of thennagnets M thestatist-ical ite M3 M, representing native white, foreign white, and colored males, respectively. The battery o' is connected on the one side to the oupopposiite point marked Female, and on the other to` the series of magnets ltlz M* M". The oppositetermiualsof magnete M lil (colered males andeolored females) are connected to the cnpopposite pin marked Colon-edf. those of' the magnets Marfil (foreign white indexpoints .represent the itema-("olore d and Female the correspon d ln gl'ymmrked points would close the circuit-from liattery o' vthrough 4nmgnet M, the circuits through all the other operating-magnets rema-inin The same results can he produced hy the use of a single battery, as illustrated tn Fig. 9.

For convenience; of relative arrangement. nets M lil has heen changed, the magnets numbered J, 3,.and 5, representing items' havsociated together in .one' group, 'numbered 2, 4, and 6 (female). in another. One' terminal ot all the operating-magnet coils'is joined to a eommoncondnctor atv tached Ato one pole ci a battery, '12, theopposite lpole, whereof is connected The other terminal ot each magnetcoil hl jr, the opposite of relays, 11

r and P to theeontaet established, this latter operation In like manner thefindex-pomt whlelntogethe with pcontrol communica-v t'o operateany one'ot the eircuitlmnst he closed at.

- accordingtto the number of'linldex-points.rep-

those of magnets M( and females) to the -nd closing the'.

will he conducted through pins Male and.,

being performed by one of the relays p p* p3. Female closes ci reu itsextend-ing to relays p and p, the y latter in turn closing' circuit to relays p" p",-

tion with battery through magnets M2, M12, and M, respectivel y. It therefm'e follows thatl magnete M M the 1 twol or more pQintBQf 1 pin marked Whitei To y illustration merely the,v r of the operating-mag-- whose opposite cont-act eol'n'mul,

It will thus he .Male occurs 'j closed l.to the contacts of communication with" the battery.'

om; ingcommonindexpoint, (male) being as- 'l I and.. those* to the .pin G. I

Mf is connected to the wntact ot -one of a series contacts being' resenting the given statistical it'm. 'lhus for combinations of-tw items-such as Colored and male" or "Colored andfcinal e"-the pinl Colored would serve'to close the circuit at `one point and the relay p or p at another. For combinations ot' three 'items-as Native, fWhite," and )lale-tl|o pin ,\lale" closes circuit nt one point, relay p (wh'ite) at another, and ,relay p (natiji'e) ata third. ll thc. record shows natire, whitennd l{ema-lc, relay p2, inf stead of pQtn'ill close. lt. will be noticed ,that in this system but two ot t hc pins-those corresponding to mu-lc and female-act' directly upon the circuits' through thc operating-magncts M M; hence theotherim'lcx pointsorpius are employed for effecting;l the necessary acl ion otthe relays. lo do this and at the sametiine make useot the sume battery p, the following arrangement may be employed: One cud of each relay-coil is connected to the battery on the saine side as the magnets M lill?, while the opposite ends of the coils of relays p7 and p (these relays: representing lche item White forming' part of the item represented by magnets M M13-M2 M4) arc. connected to the cup of point marked \\'hitc,` the coils of relays pi and 1)(represeutingthc itcin Colored," coinmon to mac-netsMItl'l) to cup of point marked, (olorcd,v` the coils of relays p' and p (representingthe itetn Nati\'c, common to magnets M and M2) to cup oi' point marked Natiwgm and the coils ot' relays p'3 and pf' (represent- .ing the ite-m .l"oreign, common to magnets M" M) to thc cup ot' pin marked Foreign Two mof'liti'cations oi' the lsingle-hat tery system as arranged 'for counting items represented by two indcx-points arc shown inl"igs. 1() and. ll.

In my prior application I have shown nn arrangement of circuits for counting items represented by t\\"o holes wherein but a single battery was employed; but theniethod therein represented required a very nice adjustment of battery-current, resistance of mag-nets, and circuits, 8:0.; hence l prefer the arrangement. shown in Figi.l l1, wherein X Y Z represent the index-points of one series, and.rl y s those of another series.4 The points X Y Zure cach connected to three opci'ating-iniurnets, the opdrawings it will Z det-eriiiine the acting; through the relays, the particularmagnctiii the group.

Thus when the circuit is4 closed at X the first three magnets, X at, X y, and X s, will he connected to one pole of the battery, andas the circuit is made through one of the .points a', fg, and `z it will operate-ite relay and connect that one of the three magnets corresponding to the point to .the ,other pole of the batter).

. In Fig. 12 is shown another arrangement posite terminals of which are connected to the for effecting combinations of two items. 'The letters X Y Z lV represent four index-points of the card, and G the ground or return circuit. i X Y, X Z, X W, Y- Z, Y Vt', and Z W designa-te the operating-magnete representf ing the six combined items. One point, X., is connectci'l tothe three magnets X Y, X Z, and vllt. W, another, Y, to two of the magnets, Y Z and Y W, and a third, Z, to one magnet, Z W. The fourth point, W, is -connected to a relay, W', the third, Z, to a rela\',-Z',.and the second, Y, to a relay, Y.

lfpon i|u-;pectin'g.1,f the drawings it will be seen that each operating-magnet will be put in circuit withfthe battery whenever the @ilcuitv is closed through' two points represent-- ing the individual items of the conjibinatioinand that for each combination one point' will close theoperating-circnit and the other a relay-circuit.

It. is proper to remark that` when using this system of cilcuits with a single battery it is necessary to properly proportion and adjust; the resistance of the working and i'elay circuits to prevent the relay-circuits from being short-circuited to such an extent as will permit: the separation of the relay-contacts when lthe working-circuit is closed.

I n the preceding description I hare, for convenience, illustrated thc invention iis'appliefl lto open-circuit systems and thc common forms of relays; but? my invention is notrostriete( thereto', as it can readily bcA adapted to ai closed-circuit .systein,( sce example illustrated i in Figs. 'lo and 17,) or one in which part of f the circuits a re 'normally closed *and part open.

The operation of the mac-nets )if M. of the syst-eins described may belong to citherthe countin,"Y or sorting laplmratns, cach, and if it is desired to sort theeards into ,groupsl according: to the items mentioned any other items or se'riesof items may at .the same tiniebecompnted and registered on the. counting apparatus, the 'operating-magnets .being connected by the same or a different. system, the circuitewhcreof are controlled-hy indexpointson the cards. 'lhus the cards can he passed through once-.and sorted into twoor inorexgroups, and each group passed through lagpainand sorted into two or more d i visions-- as,' for example, oy passing the cards through and sorting them into White and COL orod"--thenpassing cach group through and sorting them into Native and Fore-ign,

:o5 l or partly to xio giving four pilcs-Native white, Foreign I white, Native colored, and Eoreign colit ored. Each pile can, if desired, be, again subdivided into Male and Female-," and 25,

while any of the divisions arebeing madethe f separate vitems occuring yin each division or the totals of all the divisions may be com puted and chines. .In making these divisions of the cards-say white, and Golored-two sorting-tions maybe connected, as shown in Fig-1Q, thok magnet W of one being connect-ed ini cirv registered on the counting-ma-` nto Native white, Forcign culti with pins Native und White,`nnd the other, li lV, with pins Foreignff and Whitel lf the cri-rds are now run through, the boxes' will sort the cords into Native white und Foreign white, VAColored beingleftover und placed in receptacle infront of the ninchine, es no sortingbox would int-his case. open when card having index-point .Coloredfivns mserted in the apparatus. V v '1 y y io lilith a view merely ot villuestrriting typical modifications, such as hereinbefore referred to, I have cdded Figs. i4 to 17, inclusive y Fig. 14- .illustrntes n form ci' record' card or etrip wherein, i nstend of 'p'unchingn liolt. .fo r-` 15 euch 'tem occuring in. the record of un indi-(- vidunl or unit, the entire series of items isi-ep'- 1 resented by pierfomtions und the designated iieins by wni'ers, strips, or-othcr form of im- 4 pediiiient, 7i,-'\vhch engage und prevent the z'o passage of the points corrcspomling to the 'items so designated. f

Fig. 15 illuntrntcsthc' application of' cir' cuiticlosing contact independent of ,und eepv arntcd f roni thc points. 'In this 4exemple the piiiscnrc noi included in the circuits, their plncehcinfz; occupied bysupplementalcontactpoint. pine i, mounted on light springs and connected together electricallyl ns through n. metallic bed-pluto, ll ,lhc pins i' nr'e mrn-nged aan) coopernte cach with one of n series of ineuleted contacts; z". The circuit.- is closed through the contacts 'i L" whenever the pin c,- correspoudngthereto enters a perforation in the card or strip and byengagingr the pin t' presses it down or in' contact with i.

Fig. 16illustrates aan arrangement such es is ndcpted to either un open or a closed circuit system'. fx'lhe pine c -nre insulated from each other,A as by mounting them in plates c' 4o vcot hon-conducting material, and 'cach pin is coiiiccted with 'n circuit-wire. The conil ducting'colln'rs` c3 rest normally in contact with n metallic plate, also connected incircuit., so that the several circuits are closed throught-he series' of 4pins and the plate. If Athe cloee-dcircuit System' is tobe employed, u card or record-strip of the lcharacter indiccted in Fig. ltguny be used-that is to say,- pne. in which ith'eviteins nrc recorded bymenns' 5o f'of inici-captors. When the 'pins are brought into contnct with the rccord-stri p, those circuite corrcepondingl to. the designated items will bcbrolen ne theirpins cv'nre forced buck and thc collars withdrawn from contact with 5 5 pluto j, while' all the'otfhr remaining circuits remain closed. '-,lhc sume dovicemny, when desired, bcuncd in open circuit and in con nection Iwith' rccorcbcards perforated to rcpreeent dceignnted items bythe simple eddi- 6o tion of, n pin, G, Co-opcrntihg with n'conteot, g, in the loucnplete, B. Sold pin,be.ing slightly shorter than pins c, will,- .sitter the latter have been acted upon by. the record card or strip to set the' circuits, close the circuit betw'een 'plctej und the ground' or return wire con-I nected to the opposite contact or termnelg. Fig. l? llustretcs ainother application oi the closed-circuit system as' adapted for4 use in connection with the perforar-ted record ,r

strips, the contacts being removed from but 7o actuated by the pins c. I I In'this .instance the 'plate 1B is furnished with a conducting-plate,

la', against which contacts k' are held in elastic Contact. by menne of springs. Flute kiev eecli'contact k to one of"the"series ofv circuit 4wires. The record cnrd or strip being interposed between the pointe' c und platee k and the press operated, thosefpoints which regis- Y yconnected to the' ground or return wire, and 75 ter with and pass through the perforetionsin 8cA the record-card will prese thecorreponding Arouted-s w away `from the'platc k', thereby opening the circuits including,r said contacts, f t

while all the other circuits renin-in closed.

in using n closed-circuit system infconnec 85 tion with -th-e Revernlcircuit arrangements shown involving the employment of relays, itil is necessary. that thecontncts 'of the relays"` should berevcrned, ns indicated in Fig. 1'?- thiit into soy, where in the open' circuit the contact-of therelay in closed by the passage v of n current through the coil'ot the relay endheld open by a. spring or gravityin the closed system it.. would he held open by the passage of the current through the coil of the' relay 95. and closed by thespring or weight when the circuit through the coil of the relayi was' broken, ne is well understood," i; i

Having thus described my invention, winntI I. claim es nervio-7v4 i" v 1. 'lhe improvement in the art of compiling statistics, which consists in rst preparing a.

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series .of eeparnte record-cerdmeach card repreeenting en individuel or'subject; second,

epplying'to each cord at'predetermined intervals circuit-controlling index-points arranged,

according to' a' fixed pla-n of distribution, to represent separate record-cards successively to circuiteach item or characteristic of the linfilividu'sl or Subj ect, and, third, applying seid points to designate each statistical item rep,`- .l L resented by one-or more of said index-points,

substantially as described.

2. Asan improvement m Vthe'rt of compil.-A inp; statistical matters by the nid of mechanicsil or electrical appliances, the hereinbeforedescribed method of preparing and. manipuloting the `circuit-controlling record, `which consists in forming n sep'inraterecord-cardfor cach individuel or thing by applying to seid cord et predetermined places index-pointe 'rep' rescnting ull the characteristic items pertnining to that'inoiiduel oi'tliing end subcequently 'enbdividr-f the series of seperate record-cords into' LJroupeund submitting the i cords in yeuch group or division to thenction of the circnit-controlling devices, substantially as sind fcr'the purpose set fort-h.'

i 3.v lThe in'apro'vei., nt in' the ort of compiling statistical matters, consisting in first forming a separate recoidcnrd /Zor each individuel o r thi-ng by applying to oaidccrd a. serieu of index-points, eechf beni-ing a' fired 'roletion'to all,

the others and to a standard, separating' the record-cards into different groups or series, and finally applying,` the record-cards of the series successively to n seriesof circuit-con- .trolling devices corresponding: in relative position to'rliepredetermined series of indexpoints representing the several items rfoi-min part of thc statistical matters to be computed,-

substantially as described. xo i. Thebe-reinliel'ore-dcscrilnd improvement' in the art of couipiling..sbdistics, Jac.. which' consistait! lirst fortuin? a permanent record of each individual or tlnntr by applyiiu,y a se ries ot circult-controlling index-points upon a separa-te card or tablet, each point occupying a tlxed rclationtto all the otfliersand to a-stnndard, and subsetpieut-ly separating the series of rccord-cards into groups or'gdivisions' and by means of electrical appliances co-operating nq with the buigt-points countrig thescries ot' statistical items represented by any ,Iriven point or series of two or mitre boints,snbstan tially as described.

5. The improvement ru tliearlzot compiling 2 5 statistical matters, as herein before described,- consisting iufirst locating a series of separate points or spaces .upona' series of cards, cach point. or space having a fixed relation to all the others; secondly,apport-ioning the spaces 3o or points among the several items entering into l the computationand giving to each item one or more of the spaces or points as its representative; tbirdlyhtorming upon each card the complete record of one imlividual or snbiccty by applying in the representative space or spaces a circuit-controlling index point or points'for cach one`of the series ot itemsv which relate'to the particular individual or subject, and` finally, applying all the records .40 thus formed srparatelvaml successively to the circuit-controlliugr apparatus operated by t-lie'index-points to designate any one or morel ot the tems represented thereby, subst-nntially as described.

6. As an iinprm'cmentin the art of compiling statistics, the hereinbefore-describcd method for facilitating the elassiticat ion ot'- ii'idvidual records and Simplifying the process ol com p utation, which consists in 'first assigning to 5o cach item entering into the proposed series of computationsoneormoredcsignated points or spaces; secondly, forming,- a eonuilete'reeord of each individual or subject upon a sin-v gie card by applying a circuilfcoutrolling: in-

dex point. or points to cach space, appropriated to orindicative of each separate item in the given series which pertains to the individual or subject, and, tinally, feeding-said cards successively to an apparatus operated i i' 6o bythe index-points ou each card to designate the particulardivisiou to which itl belongs,

and depositing each card in a place or receptacle correspondingto the divisionthus indh cated, substantially as described.

7.` The liereinbefore described improved system for compiling,lr statistical matters, conplating, essentially, in the combination, with he... -t

'1ing-'inde'x7points, an 'indicatm' controlled by 'with said circuit-controllintr devices, substan# a series of circuits and operating' electro-uuu,fnets and aserics of pins controlling said circuits,of a serios ot separate record-cards, each card bearing circuit-controllinp; index-ponts indicative of items characteristic of an individual or subject 8. 'lbc combination, to form a system for compiling |\tati.-\t.icnl matters, as hereinbetore described, of a series of separato cards, each card bearing ast-rica ot' index-points representinc' tbe items or characteristics ot' one indiridual. or subject, :lnapparatus provided A, with n scric's` ot.' circuit-controlling devices 8o" correspondingand cri-operating with the'index-points on .the cards, asystem ot .electro ,magnets'connected to sa'id circuit-controlling A1t). --'l`he combination, to form asjsteni such as hereinbefore described, of aser-ies of sepa# rate'- record-eards, each representing a'n individual or unit In'ovidedI with' circuit-conm'ol-` :o o an electro-tantinet, a ci remt-controlling device cgi-'operating with theindex-points on the card, 'and circuit.-connections, such as indicated, connecting the electro-magnet of the indicator tiall y as described 1l. The combination, in'a system such as i describcd,aiul with acircuit-controlling apparatus,"a system ot' circuit-s munected there` to', and a scricsof record- -ards having' indexpoints, ot a sericsot sortingdmxes and indicators therefor incl udcd in the system ot' circuits controlled bythe index-points onv the cards, substantially as described.'

12. The combination, to form a system'sucb as d'escribed, of alei uiteont.roll in g apparatus, a system ot' circuits connectedthereto, a series of recoitl-cards provided with index points co-operating;r with said eircuit-control` ling apparatus, a series of electro-ma iets included in said system' of circuits, in( icators lcontrolled by said electro-magnets, and a se` ries of sorting-boxes corresponding with t-he indicators, substantially'as describetli llfln a system such as described, the combination, with a record card or strip, circuitcontrolling,r devices, and a system of circuits connected lobercto, of operating-magnets con-f trolled b v said circuits, and a seriesot boxes provided with lids controlled by said operatingrmagnets, substantially as described V 14. In a syste-m such as described, the combinationvith separate record-cards, ofcircuitcontrolling devices cio-operating with indezi`0 points on the cards, a system of circuits, one or more boxes or receptacles for cords, a movable lid or 'section controlling the cntrnnce'to cach box or receptncle, and actuating devices tor the movable lid or Section, said dcvjccs record-cords to designate the proper receptocle for euch cord, substnntallyas described.

15. The combinn'tiomto torm osystem such as'described, of a series o't record-cords having indcx-points, circult-controlbng deticcs operated by'snid index-points, n series-ot eircnits connected to said circuit-controlling dcvicesand'includingoperotingelect-ro-nmgucts,

to the group into winch t-hc cords nrc to bc indicating devices, asisten: ot circuits intcr lmedintc the ciremt-controlling devices und operatiiig-magnets,-snid system cmbrncingn lserien of relay-circuits controlled by one or more of the contacts i n the circuit-controliing np1mratu;.=.:,',nnd n series of direct circuits, including t'hc contacts ot the rcinys und governed b viione or more contacts of the circuitconti'ollirlg nppurntus, substnntiallr'ns deiscribed.

.17. They `combina-tion, to forum system such ns descrilled, ot the rccord-cnrds bearing index-points, u' circuit-controlling contnctt'or cach imlc.\p. int in 1 hcscrics, operating-umg- `net-s, end u system ot' circuits, substantially .such A:is discrilicd, embracing u series ofcir ,cuits including; the'coils of relnysnnd ccrtnin designated circnity-controlling contacts, und lnnother series of circuits embracing one 0r more designated circuit-controlling contacts 7 andthe contar-.ts of one or more relays, said operatin'gn'nng'nct being controlled by atleast two parn of contncts;substantially'ns 4dcscribed. ilA A i8. In'ii system sucn as described, the coin- 'binut-ion, tvith the perforated record-corde and n systcnriot circuits controlled thereby, ot n beingcontrollcd by thc index-points on.t.he

n series ol boxes or rcccptnolcs corrcslwnding.

'bed-piatte nud platen between wmcn the cards are successively fed, n series of yielding pins mounted upon the pinten, and a corresponding series of mercurylcupn in tule 'bed-plate, substantially us described.

19. In n. system such ns described, the combinati-ion, with the record-cards provided with the series 'of index-pointe, a bed-plate provided with n, series ot' cont-nets forming,r the terminals ot' a system ot' circuits, such ns de scribed, und n, rocipro'cntinp,r platen carrying n Serics ot contact points or pins corrcsponding' in number nud :i-rrmigenwnt with the index-points on the cnrds, ot' n zuge o1' gages for locating thc wirds, nud a pin connected to thel ground or rcturn circuit and located fit. or

ncnr thc edge of the cord to prevent the closingotf thc circuit-s until thc cnrd has bccn properly placed, substnntinlly :is dcricribcd.v

2U. Inr n' sys-tcm such ns dcscribcd, tlocom binntion, with the lrecord-crds, tho electric nll \'controllod series of cont-nct-ponts cnrricd by thc plntcn,.'tnd the insulated series ot' contacts in thc bcd-pinte, of n sericsot conductors ouch'connected nt. onc cnil to n contact. in the bed-pluto corresponding-in posit-ion to one ot' thc iiulcxpointsmnl nt.- the othcr cud to a contnct conunon to ull ot' snidcircuits, said' .common eontnct or groiunlcoopcrating with u 'conflict-point in thc pinten, and thus closing' :my or ull ot' the circuits, substaint-inllyus described. l' i i 2l.l In n system for compiling statistical.

nnttters, ashereinbcforc described, the com- 'binaton of n. series of' record-cords bearing,

ciremt-controlling index-points, a circuecon- 'trolling apparatus for cofoperuting with said cards, u switch-board towhich the circuit wires of said apparatus are con n ected, a'series Ot mechanical counters und operating-mug# nets therefor, und n series of sorting-boxes providedwith ind icntors lund operating-mag nets'therct'or, and nfsystem' of circuit-s and connections, substm'itinlly is herein described, for connectiug'the severaldevices for cectf both coun ting und soi-ting, the cards, as well as tl1o'iteins-iccorded thereon by intlex-points,

substantially ns and' for the purpose set forth.

t HERMAN l-IGLLERTH.

. Witnesses: f f

JOHN R. FLOYD, p EDWARD. N. HILL.

,ing the operation of'counting und sorting, or

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